Brats

The Fareway brats are bigger than the ones I have been getting from my local farmer, and while fine, not as good as the Crooked Gap ones.

Burgers

Shannon picked out some stuffed burgers and I cooked them up. Overall pretty good.

We tried a couple of sides, one was meh (Fareway Potato Salad), the other was ok (smokehouse pasta salad), and the 3rd neither of us really liked the flavor (smokehouse pasta salad).

Teriyaki Stir Fried Garlic Scapes with Chicken

We got out of the new Thor movie, and I didn’t feel like putting much of an effort into dinner, so I I chopped up the chicken thighs, tossed them with a bit of oil, Momofuku savory salt and some ancho chili powder. Baked them ad 375º for 20 minutes and put them on buns to make sandwiches.

So I guess Skipped?

Ham and Swiss Sliders

I picked up some Kings Hawaiian rolls, got some of The Royal from Red Table (at the Cheese shop) and some nice swiss style cheese and just vaguely followed the recipe. I did skip the sauce for the top of the buns, which sounds like it could’ve added more flavor. Even so, a pretty good little sandwich.

Pork Tamale Pie

I had sworn I made this before. It appears as if the ATK family of brands has called this multiple things. Skillet Tamale Pie under Cooks Illustrated (appears to be minus the pork and scallions but plus beef and garlic) vs Pork Tamale Pie. I guess they are different, technically, but it seems like it’s just a variant. Now I’m curious how many are like this. I noticed a search difference the other day when I was looking for thing. You would get different results, even though you have access on all the sites. I’m curious of the logic behind it.

Anyway, I made the pork version cause I had pulled out some pork for the 4th weekend but ended up not using that, and this seemed simple and familiar. I used chipotle chili powder, extra cheese, extra corn, and added things and baked them off. Pretty good, pretty good as leftovers. I think I like this version better then the beef one.